005:030 "I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge;
and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will
that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.
005:031 "If I give testimony concerning myself, my testimony
cannot be accepted.
005:032 There is Another who gives testimony concerning me, and I know
that the testimony is true which He offers concerning me.
005:033 "You sent to John, and he both was and still is a witness
to the truth.
005:034 But the testimony on my behalf which I accept is not from man;
though I say all this in order that you may be saved.
005:035 He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you
were willing to be gladdened by his light.
005:036 "But the testimony which I have is weightier than that of John; for the work the Father has assigned to me for me to bring it to completion—the very work which I am doing— affords testimony concerning me that the Father has sent me.
005:037 And the Father who sent me, *He* has given testimony concerning me. None of you have ever either heard His voice or seen what He is like.
005:038 Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom *He* has sent.
005:039 "You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me;